You are a little chick, freshly hatched from your egg. You have just opened your eyes for the first time. All the ducks are yellow, and so are you, but you are much more beautiful than the others. You are special. One day, you decide to leave, and you encounter a lizard. You wonder what it is because you have never seen one before. You find it strange, yet you like it because it has a very special color, just like you...
In 2021, while the pandemic was still very much a part of our lives, an article published in The New York Times described a new state that had become increasingly common among people. This widespread condition, called "languishing," was defined as something that was neither full burnout nor clinical depression, but rather a persistent sense of joylessness and aimlessness. Today, the Cambridge Dictionary defines the word as "to exist [...]"
If we had a "word-o-meter" to measure which phrases people used most often in December, there’s no doubt that words like "from now on," "starting today," and "from this point forward" would rank at the top. There is certainly something invigorating and energizing about the strong connection between entering a new year and making resolutions. As a psychotherapist, I can confidently say that people are far more likely to seek therapy not during the summer, but rather in the [...]
It is known that around one and a half years after our birth, as our language skills develop, we begin to understand opposing concepts. However, even before words become tools for us, we start to learn this at a sensory level — encountering the first contradiction in life through the presence versus absence of our caregiver’s nurturing behaviors. When we interact with a small baby, we instinctively cover our face with our hands and "disappear" momentarily to create that joyful reaction, even though [...]